Unsubscribe me, baby
Written by steph on December 23, 2009 – 1:24 am -Hi, my name is Steph, and I have a problem… it’s been one week since my last mailing list add. My problem is that I always sign up to get your emails. Ministry updates? Sign me up. Daily devotionals delivered to my inbox? Of course. Coupons and exclusive offers by email? Send ‘em my way.
Then, I go to check my email….
I’m horrified by the way my personal correspondence is lost amid the sea of advertising. Advertising that I signed up to get.
To make matters worse, I never even read them. Oh, I may occasionally open the Hobby Lobby ad, knowing their tendency to give 40% off any one item, but I don’t even bother with the rest of you. Not even the devotionals – not after the first time. Sometimes, in a moment of guilt, I archive you, promising myself that I will look at you later. Usually, however, I just delete. I know I should tell you I’ve lost interest rather than just resenting your constant presence. Once in a while, I do find the time to open particularly prolific advertisers and use your SafeUnsubscribe link. But what about ministry updates and daily devotionals? Unsubscribing from you makes me feel like a heathen.
Still, I never read you – I don’t have the time. So what choice do I have? Unsubscribe.
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Hilarious post. I do the same thing! And with snail mail too. What kind of person throws away the World Vision update? Not me. I don’t want to enter the ranks of THAT kind of heathen. So… I keep a drawer full of UNopened envelopes from Gospel for Asia, World Vision, Precept Ministries… you name it… any ministry I’ve ever been associated with. I wish it was as easy as clicking Unsubscribe, but we’re dealing with tangible envelopes here. Godly people paid good money to send me this… so I do what any good Christian woman would… promise myself I’ll read it later, put it in “the (spiritual) drawer”, hold on to it for a year, THEN tell myself it is old news and throw it away… without guilt.